Lisa Monaco co-hosts United Security podcast, “The Double-Edged Sword of Technology”
“In this sample from the United Security podcast, Lisa Monaco and Ken Wainstein break down the policy considerations and legal authorities associated with President Trump’s decision to ban Tiktok and WeChat by executive orders…” Listen to the full episode here: Full Episode
Read MoreJay Shambaugh quoted in Financial Times article, “Governments puzzle over how to unwind job protection schemes”
“US temporary job losses are declining, pushing the unemployment rate down from 14.7 per cent in April to 10.2 per cent in July. “But on both sides of the Atlantic, the improvements are showing worrying signs of petering out. “’This is slowly morphing into a long-term unemployment problem,’ said Jay …
Read MoreMichèle Flournoy quoted in The Jerusalem Post article, “Ex-Biden security advisor: Sitting with Iran isn’t conceding ‘leverage’”
“Michèle Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense during the Obama administration, said that the Trump administration’s approach of maximum pressure ‘has [put] a lot of pressure on Iran, but it hasn’t created any path to the negotiating table.’ “‘There’s no way for them to get back into negotiations,’ she continued. ‘And …
Read MoreBridge Colby quoted in The New York Times article, “U.S. Tries to Bolster Taiwan’s Status, Short of Recognizing Sovereignty”
“‘Taiwan is the most important thing from a military and credibility point of view,’ said Elbridge A. Colby, the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development. Mr. Colby wrote the Trump administration’s national defense strategy, which emphasizes competition with China and Russia… “‘We need to change …
Read MorePuneet Talwar writes in Foreign Policy: “China Is Getting Mired in the Middle East”
“Recent reports of an ambitious 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between Iran and China have reverberated across Southwest Asia and beyond. The agreement raises the question of whether we are witnessing a tectonic shift in Asia’s geostrategic landscape or merely a marriage of convenience. The answer is not yet clear, …
Read MoreDan Shapiro writes in Haaretz: “UAE’s Unique Leverage Over Israel Buried Annexation to Enable Normalization”
“When the United Arab Emirates’ Ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba, decided to publish an op-ed in Hebrew in the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot in mid-June, his intent was to influence the Israeli debate on West Bank annexation. “The op-ed hit its mark. Al-Otaiba’s unprecedented, unmediated address got Israelis’ …
Read MoreChris Inglis writes with Tatyana Bolton in Lawfare: “Improving Cyber-Oriented Education, One Cyber Clinic at a Time”
“Cybersecurity talent gaps continue to exist across the United States, yet private sector leaders and the federal government have not been able to make the meaningful investments necessary to fill the more than half a million current vacancies nationwide, including more than 33,000 vacancies in the public sector workforce alone. …
Read MoreDan Shapiro quoted in The Washington Post article, “Inside the secret-not-secret courtship between Israel and the United Arab Emirates”
“During the administration of President George W. Bush, Israeli officials visiting Washington would hold secret hotel room meetings with the UAE’s influential ambassador to the United States, Yousef al-Otaiba, according to Dan Shapiro, who would later become a U.S. ambassador to Israel. Shapiro served on President Barack Obama’s National Security …
Read MoreDanny Russel quoted in the Los Angeles Times article, “Why Biden might follow Trump’s hardline policy on China”
“‘The China that will face Joe Biden in January of 2021 is vastly more powerful and more formidable as an adversary than the China that he and Obama dealt with up until the end of 2016,’ said Daniel Russel, a top Asian affairs official in the Obama administration and now …
Read MoreDennis Ross quoted in The New York Times article, “Netanyahu Drops Troubled Annexation Plan for Diplomatic Gain”
“Dennis Ross, a former Middle East negotiator for Republican and Democratic administrations, said that another lure for the Emiratis was the possibility of obtaining advanced weaponry they have long sought, which the United States sells only to countries at peace with Israel to preserve its qualitative military edge in the …
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